Can someone please explain the basic beliefs of a buddist?

Answer 1

Will got it right in one.

The premise is that suffering comes from desire. Buddhism seeks to eliminate desire from the spirit through internal discipline. It is a diffucult prospect and is not easily accomplished. Only a few have been recognized as "enlightened".

Answer 2

I think , that belief is not contain one Good.

There is only the philosofi and art of the Life.
Also so much important doctrines to make it mor easy to live
and to get better the soul.
dont forget that !; There is no exist one religion belongs to badness. All religions are for the goodness of the peoples.
But this is the most important ; human must to fine the bestway

Answer 3

1) All life is filled with suffering.

2) The root of suffering is desire.

3) Suffering is eliminated when desires are eliminated.

4) Desires are eliminated by right living.

Answer 4

Buddhists, unlike Hinduists, believe anyone can reach Nirvana, or the state of perfect understanding through the eightfold path.

Answer 5

Buddhism offers the Eightfold Path as a framework for effective spiritual (or philosophical) living depending on how you apply it. This Path is broken down into three parts – the first of which inspires wisdom (right view and intention). The second part represents core ethics (right speech, action and livelihood), and the last part focuses on mental development (right effort, mindfulness, and concentration).
The greatest stress in Buddhism seems to be on practicalities. For example, it’s not thought that one can simply walk the Eightfold Path one step at a time and come to enlightenment. Rather, that they are interdependent principles that relate to and affect each other.
Beginning with the road to wisdom, we’ll consider right view and intention. Right view means the ability to see things in a different way. Instead of things being separate and independent, right view uses all the capacities of the human mind and insight to begin grasping the “bigger picture” (the macrocosm and microcosm, the as above-so below). Once that world view forms, it cannot help but affect personal actions and thoughts.
Right intention is the energy behind action. Right intention commits itself to ethical self-improvement. Within this part of the Path there are three underlying distinguishers – namely resisting desire, resisting anger or aversion, and resisting violence and cruelty. Thus right intention results in good will, peace, compassion and selflessness. This ties into the idea of “the good of All” about which neo-pagans speak.
The core ethics of right speech, action and livelihood tie into the first two. Right speech can make or break a life. Lies, slander, harshness, and idle chatter are considered non-productive and potentially harmful. One’s words should be based in right view and intention so the resulting speech is friendly, warm, and gentle.
Right action is physical. It is knowing when to act and when to be still. It is also a personal promise to abstain from harming others (specifically taking life – i.e. thou shall not kill), abstain from robbery or fraud (thou shall not steal or bear false witness), and abstain from sexual misconduct. In short, right action is about treating others with kindness, honesty, and compassion. It means respecting their personal property, and doing “no harm” in consensual relationships with others.
Right Livelihood speaks to the way we earn our living. Money should be gained through legal, peaceful means, and any occupation that would case a person to break with the rest of the Path avoided. This part of the Path can be quite difficult in a society where sometimes you have to “take what you can get” in terms of work. However, I think it behooves us to consider how we’re spending our professional time, and how our jobs affect us spiritually.
Finally we come to the mental development guidelines of right effort, mindfulness and concentration. Effort is based in will (in neopaganism we can consider the words: love is the law, love under will in pondering this lesson). Misguided effort causes confusion, distraction, and can lead to unwholesome states (like aggression and envy). Right effort says be self-disciplined, honest, and kind.
Right Mindfulness allows us to see things clearly, as they truly are (no rose colored glasses). It strives to penetrate interpretive schemes and impressions without going astray. The goal of right mindfulness is helped greatly by meditation – being mindful of body, feelings, state of mind, and being able to contemplate things in a balanced manner.
Last but not least we have right concentration, which is also vastly helped by meditation. This is something many people have problems with because it’s re-teaching your mind to look at one point, one issue, one person, one concept at a time instead of hundreds (i.e. FOCUS). Right concentration asks: to what do you give your attention and why? For any spiritual seeker, this is a good question that’s well worth pondering regularly.

Answer 6

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